FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012

MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH #1

Written by: Dan Slott, Brian Clevenger and Rob Williams.

Art by: Thony Silas.

Cover by: Sebastian Fiumara.

Description: From one "Ends of the Earth" to the other, Spider-Man isn't the only hero fighting free the globe from Doctor Octopus's treacherous tentacles in this extra sized story!vAnd the dying doctor has some wicked worldly associates of his own. Guest-staring: Big Hero Six and Union Jack.

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS #26

Written by: Brian Michael Bendis.

Art by: Walt Simonson.

Covers by: Walt Simonson.

Description: AVX tie-in! One of the Avengers must betray the team to fill their destiny with the Phoenix. A game-changer for the Avengers franchise...and it is not who you think!

FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #4

Written by: Jonathan Hickman.

Art by: Jonh Romtia Jr.

Covers by: Jim Cheung, Mark Bagley and Jerome Opena.

Description: All across the globe -- in the Savage Land, in Wakanda, in Tabula Rasa and more -- Avenger battles X-Man for the fate of the world! Hope has a suicide mission to propose to Wolverine! While in space, the Avengers' away team meets the Phoenix head on!

FIRST LOOK: DAREDEVIL #13

Written by: Mark Waid.

Art by: Khoi Pham.

Cover by: Khoi Pham.

Description: "Megacrime and Punishment" Megacrime strikes back at Daredevil! And Matt's "happy go lucky" veneer at last begins to peel back, revealing... darker truths that may end his career as Daredevil.

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: FANTASTIC FOUR #605.1

Written by: Jonathan Hickman.

Art by: Mike Choi.

Cover by: Mike Choi.

Description: "The Four." The Secret History of the Fantastic Four... It ends like something completely different.

FIRST LOOK: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #517

Description: If Tony Stark isn't Iron Man, then who's the guy in the suit? Zeke Stane digs for he truth. Spymaster racks up his victims.

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: JOHN CARTER: THE GODS OF MARS #3

Written by: Sam Humphries.

Art by: Ramon Perez.

Cover by: Julian Totino Tedesco.

Description: John Carter and friends have escaped countless deaths, but are they running out of lives! Will Carter get to his long lost love before Dejah Thoris is sacrificed?

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #2

Written by: Fred Van Lente.

Art by: Ron Lim and Agustin Padilla.

Cover by: Adi Granov.

Description: A brand-new Black Widow solo adventure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Before Natasha assembles with the Avengers Initiative, see her in this hard-hitting espionage adventure set between the events of Iron Man 2 and Marvel's The Avengers!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: NEW MUTANTS #42

Written by: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Keron Gillen.

Art by: Carmine Di Giandomenico.

Cover by: Carmine Di Giandomenico.

Description: Gods made mortal, with mutants their only hope for survival! Undead cannibals on the loose, San Francisco turned inside out by forbidden magic! A thrilling mythological mystery adventure in the Mighty Marvel manner.

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: SECRET SERVICE #2

Written by: Mark Millar.

Art by: Dave Gibbons.

Covers by: Dave Gibbons and Leinil Yu.

Description: The world's greatest secret agent is on the most exciting case of his career. But will the end of the world as we know it take a back seat to training his street-punk nephew to be the next James Bond? The young man's preparation now begins in earnest, saving him from a life of desperation. Meanwhile, what's the secret link between a series of kidnapped science fiction stars and the murder of an entire town in Middle America?

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: THUNDERBOLTS #174

Written by: Jeff Parker.

Art by: Declan Shalvey.

Cover by: Mark Bagley.

Description: The Clash of the Bolts concludes! In their most dire hour, the Fixer makes a devastating decision! Zemo's legacy of evil destroy our present or can the Thunderbolts pulls the world back from oblivion?!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: UNCANNY X-MEN #12

Written by: Kieron Gillen.

Art by: Greg Land.

Cover by: Greg Land.

Description: AVX tie-in! The Avengers and X-Men take their battles world-wide. Return to Tabula Rasa!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: VENOM #18

Written by: Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn.

Art by: Paul Pelletier.

Cover by: Mike DelMundo..

Description: The Crime-Master's plan is so diabolical, so vile, that it forces Eddie Brock to become a symbiote's host once more – and takes the war to Flash Thompson's Family, Betty Brant and even Peter Parker!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: WINTER SOLDIER #5

Written by: Ed Brubaker.

Art by: Butch Guice.

Cover by: Lee Bermejo.

Description: Can Bucky and the Black Widow prevent war with Latveria? Can Bucky stop the Sleepers he himself trained?

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: May 16.

FIRST LOOK: X-FACTOR #236

Written by: Peter David.

Art by: Leonard Kirk.

Cover by: David Yardin.

Description: "X-Treme Measures." Something is eviscerating super heroes in Seattle and X-Factor is called in to investigate.Featuring all-new villain Scattershot, who looks suspiciously like two members of X-Factor Investigations... And Shatterstar goes berserk!